Zeke
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Zeke is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God strengthens”. In 2025 it ranked 1,033rd for boys in the UK (32 babies) and 800th for boys in the US (311 babies).
What does Zeke mean?
Hebrew: short form of Ezekiel
“God strengthens”
A short form of Ezekiel, the Hebrew prophet whose book includes the vision of the valley of dry bones.
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- ZEEK
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Is Zeke a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeke is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the UK and 311 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeke in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,033among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 9,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were named Zeke, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 42 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zeke in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 953rd in England and Wales.
Zeke in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2023 | 42 | #847 |
| 2022 | 39 | #883 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,017 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,136 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Zeke in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #800among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 311about 1 in 5,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 311 boys in the US were named Zeke, making it the 800th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 675th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 459 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Zeke than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Zeke in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 329 boys in the US were given Zeke or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #726, up from #800 for this spelling alone.
- Zeke 311
- Zeek 18
Zeke in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 311 | #800 |
| 2024 | 363 | #726 |
| 2023 | 429 | #643 |
| 2022 | 459 | #610 |
| 2021 | 450 | #618 |
| 2020 | 384 | #675 |
| 2019 | 407 | #654 |
| 2018 | 405 | #642 |
| 2017 | 425 | #616 |
| 2016 | 397 | #658 |
| 2015 | 359 | #701 |
| 2014 | 325 | #736 |
| 2013 | 251 | #849 |
| 2012 | 244 | #863 |
| 2011 | 205 | #965 |
| 2010 | 184 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 155 | #1,169 |
| 2008 | 124 | #1,374 |
| 2007 | 112 | #1,442 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,479 |
| 2005 | 122 | #1,271 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,444 |
| 2003 | 103 | #1,334 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,255 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,375 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,404 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1996 | 57 | #1,668 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 55 | #1,638 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1992 | 39 | #1,997 |
| 1991 | 49 | #1,671 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 60 | #1,406 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,660 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,452 |
| 1977 | 38 | #1,490 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,407 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,168 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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